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[Bug]: BrawlInstaller Fails to Start

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
linux
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start with the BrawlInstaller.exe launch flow in Bottles on Linux Mint, following the reported steps from the BrawlInstaller directory. Collect the missing troubleshooting logs and determine why the process exits after 3–4 seconds; done means the executable starts successfully through Bottles.

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Description

Describe the bug

I tried every single runner to try and run BrawlInstaller. but it does nothing, and when I look at the Processes in the Windows Task Manager (or Wine Task Manager). it shows up on the list, and after 3-4 seconds. it disappears. meaning it has failed. Are you sure you are going to fix this?

App Used to run:
https://github.com/squidgy617/BrawlInstaller

To Reproduce

Go to BrawlInstaller Directory
Right Click on BrawlInstaller.exe
Open With > Bottles
Choose Bottle and Run
then Nothing shows up

Package

Flatpak from Flathub

Distribution

Linux Mint 22.3 Zena (Cinnamon)

Debugging Information
Official Package: true
Version: '60.1'
DE/WM: cinnamon
Display:
    X.org: true
    X.org (port): :0
    Wayland: false
Graphics:
    vendors:
        amd:
            vendor: amd
            envs:
                DRI_PRIME: '1'
            icd: /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/GL/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/GL/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.i686.json
    prime:
        integrated: null
        discrete: null
Kernel:
    Type: Linux
    Version: 6.14.0-37-generic
Disk:
    Total: 7316172800
    Free: 7316008960
RAM:
    MemTotal: 13.6GiB
    MemAvailable: 6.2GiB
Bottles_envs: null
Troubleshooting Logs
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